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TIL that 90% of all scientists who have ever lived are alive today.

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POYG TIL that in two days in the Chernobyl zone the human body receives a radiation dose equal to one intercontinental flight
E1V7d TIL Canadian air traffic controllers ordered pizza delivery in a show of solidarity for at least 35 US air traffic control units working without pay during the 2018–2019 US government shutdown.
oBLVR TIL, While alcohol made from apples is called cider, alcohol made from pears is called "Perry"
698YZ TIL in March 1945 there was a "reverse D-Day", where Nazi soldiers isolated on the english Channel Islands briefly landed in liberated Granville, France, bringing back prisoners and supplies
8a4yP TIL the US Marine Corps was founded by Quaker Samuel Nicholas. The Quakers are famous for being Pacifists.